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Home Secretary launches alternative place of safety pilot

Home Secretary launches alternative place of safety pilot

Monday, 09 March 2015

The Home Office-funded pilot in Sussex will provide an alternative place of safety to those detained in the county...

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Home Secretary at alternative place of safety launch

Home Secretary at alternative place of safety launch

Monday, 09 March 2015

Theresa May: an important step in ensuring people suffering a mental health crisis get the help they need....

Crime Prevention Minister meets London domestic abuse experts

Crime Prevention Minister meets London domestic abuse experts

Friday, 06 March 2015

Lynne Featherstone has visited Standing Together in Hammersmith to hear about its work to coordinate integrated multi-agency support for victims of do...

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Business and technology companies urged to unite against slavery

Business and technology companies urged to unite against slavery

Tuesday, 03 March 2015

The Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime Karen Bradley has today (Tuesday 3 March) called on business and technology leaders to work togeth...

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Home Secretary publishes Government response to Rotherham reports

Home Secretary publishes Government response to Rotherham reports

Tuesday, 03 March 2015

Today the Home Secretary laid a Written Ministerial Statement in Parliament on the Government’s response to Professor Alexis Jay’s report on child sex...

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Serious Crime Bill receives Royal Assent

Serious Crime Bill receives Royal Assent

Tuesday, 03 March 2015

Organised Crime Minister: We must respond to the emerging threats we face...

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Sham marriage clampdown represents biggest shake up in a generation

Sham marriage clampdown represents biggest shake up in a generation

Monday, 02 March 2015

The latest clampdown on sham marriages means that, from 2 March, the notice period for marriage and civil partnership will be extended from 15 days to...

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Passport leaflets to tackle child abduction and modern slavery

Passport leaflets to tackle child abduction and modern slavery

Thursday, 26 February 2015

The Home Office partners with PACT (Parents and Abducted Children Together) to raise awareness of international parental child abductions...

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Home Secretary announces investigation into collapsed police trial

Home Secretary announces investigation into collapsed police trial

Thursday, 26 February 2015

A QC-led investigation into the collapse of a police trial following the wrongful conviction of three people for the murder of Lynette White...

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Anti money laundering taskforce unveiled

Anti money laundering taskforce unveiled

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

High-ranking figures from the government, banks and law enforcement agencies met today to discuss new ways to tackle financial crime....

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Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk

Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Misunderstanding of the threat posed by cyber crime is leaving SMEs vulnerable to losing information, profit and customers....

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Inspector of Constabulary reappointed

Inspector of Constabulary reappointed

Friday, 20 February 2015

Home Secretary announces new five-year term for Stephen Otter....

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Home Secretary speech at summit on countering extremism

Home Secretary speech at summit on countering extremism

Friday, 20 February 2015

The Home Secretary spoke about defeating extremism in all its forms at a summit organised by the White House and US Department of State....

Home Secretary's Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust speech

Home Secretary's Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust speech

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Speech given by Home Secretary Theresa May at the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust's annual Criminal Justice Lecture...

International Crime and Policing Conference 2015

International Crime and Policing Conference 2015

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Home Office conference explores thinking on cutting crime in a changing world....

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Crackdown on criminals who change their names to avoid detection

Crackdown on criminals who change their names to avoid detection

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

The Home Office is clamping down on people who change their identity in order to commit crimes and escape justice....

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Modern Slavery Bill strengthened to provide better protection for victims

Modern Slavery Bill strengthened to provide better protection for victims

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

The Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime, Karen Bradley, has announced a package of amendments to strengthen the Modern Slavery Bill. ...

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Home Secretary holds interfaith talks in east London

Home Secretary holds interfaith talks in east London

Friday, 13 February 2015

Home Secretary Theresa May attended discussions with representatives from Barking's Muslim, Jewish and Sikh communities yesterday....

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Crime Prevention Minister announces mandatory reporting of FGM

Crime Prevention Minister announces mandatory reporting of FGM

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone today announced front line professionals will have a mandatory duty to report cases of Female Genital Mut...

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Government action to tackle slavery in supply chains

Government action to tackle slavery in supply chains

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Large companies urged to ensure modern slavery does not have a place in business...

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Counter Terrorism and Security Bill receives Royal Assent

Counter Terrorism and Security Bill receives Royal Assent

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Home Secretary: We must ensure the people who keep us safe have the powers they need...

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'Significant cost saving' for emergency services network contract

'Significant cost saving' for emergency services network contract

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Eight organisations go forward to next stage of bidding to run new network....

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UK joins international security alert system

UK joins international security alert system

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Public protected by access to more European law enforcement data...

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New Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration appointed

New Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration appointed

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

The next Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration will be David Bolt, the Home Secretary announced today (10 February). ...

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Home Secretary announces independent review of welfare in detention

Home Secretary announces independent review of welfare in detention

Monday, 09 February 2015

The Home Secretary has announced an independent review of policies and procedures affecting the welfare of those held in immigration removal centres. ...

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Five Country Ministerial Communiqué

Five Country Ministerial Communiqué

Friday, 06 February 2015

Communiqué following the Five Country Ministerial held in London....

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Five Country Ministerial starts in London

Five Country Ministerial starts in London

Thursday, 05 February 2015

Australia and United Kingdom joint hosts of the second Five Country Ministerial meeting focused on security and intelligence cooperation....

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Home Secretary announces judge to lead statutory inquiry into historical child sexual abuse

Home Secretary announces judge to lead statutory inquiry into historical child sexual abuse

Wednesday, 04 February 2015

Home Secretary Theresa May today announced that she plans to appoint Justice Lowell Goddard to lead the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Ab...

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Child sexual abuse Inquiry: Bidding opens for victims fund

Child sexual abuse Inquiry: Bidding opens for victims fund

Monday, 02 February 2015

Almost £5m available for organisations who have seen surge in work due to Inquiry....

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Home Secretary urges EU counterparts to move more quickly on sharing criminal records

Home Secretary urges EU counterparts to move more quickly on sharing criminal records

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Home Secretary Theresa May urged EU partners to safeguard the public by sharing more information about known criminals. ...

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